You may not be familiar with this man's name, but whenever you mention the cause of the modern Chinese Air Force, you have to tell his story.
He was Feng Ru (1883-1912), dingsan, a native of Enping, Guangdong. He was China's first aircraft designer, manufacturer and aviator, and in his lifetime he created the "six firsts" and put forward the theory of aviation strategy, which was praised by Americans as "the inventor of genius" and by Chinese as "the father of China's aerospace".
Feng Ru's short life can be described as a life of youth with great ambitions and struggle for the rise of China.
One: Please forgive your son, who cannot succeed in his studies and vow not to return to China
The young Feng Ru saw that China was oppressed, the nation was bullied, and the people were exploited. Determined to succeed in learning and serving the motherland from an early age, he went to New York in his early years to study mechanical knowledge assiduously, because he wanted to build an airplane that belonged to the Chinese.
When someone questioned whether he had the ability to develop an airplane, Feng Ru said firmly: "I swear to use my life's energy to develop an aircraft for the country." If you don't succeed, you'd rather die!
When he received a family letter from his parents far away, the letter said that the two old men missed their son far from home and hoped that Feng Ru could immediately return to his hometown to reunite with the whole family. After Feng Ru read the letter, facing the distant motherland, he said affectionately: "Parents, please forgive your son, the plane cannot be built, and I vow not to return to China!" ”
Second: Return it immediately upon completion of fame
Feng Ru began to develop aircraft at the age of 24. On September 21, 1908, Feng Ru flew again in the city of Corinth. Under his control, the plane took off, flew more than 2600 feet, and then slowly landed on the lawn, "Success! We did it! It was determined that Feng Ru's first flight was 2640 feet, 1788 feet farther than the Wright brothers' first flight record. A few days later, a San Francisco newspaper reported the test flight. The title is: "Chinese's Aviation Technology Surpasses the West"
When Dr. Sun Yat-sen saw Feng Ru's successful performance, he sighed: "China has great talents! ”
Feng Ru's reputation is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more foreign companies are hiring Feng Ru at great expense. In order to compete for air supremacy, European and American countries are actively developing aviation, and they are desperately recruiting professionals in aviation. Feng Ru's heart was to develop China's aviation industry and to build more aircraft for China, so he categorically refused to be hired by various countries and still looked for opportunities to serve the motherland
Three: Heaven is jealous of talents, saving the child and dying
On August 5, 1912, Feng Ru, who returned to China, performed his second air show on the outskirts of Guangzhou, and Feng Ru flew leisurely in the blue sky with an eagle of his own making. After the aircraft's aerial skill show, Feng Ru was ready to land. Suddenly, he saw two children on the distant runway playing, and an unfortunate event was about to happen. At this critical moment, Feng Ru slammed the joystick, stepped on the accelerator, the plane rushed into the sky like a crazy eagle, a sudden disaster occurred, due to Feng Ru's excessive force, the plane lost its balance, in the shaking, some parts were damaged, and the plane suddenly fell on the grass. When they rescued Feng Ru from the wreckage of the plane, Feng Ru's head, chest, abdomen, etc. were seriously injured, and after the rescue was ineffective, Feng Ru was buried in flowers. That year, Feng Ru was only 29 years old
Without Feng Ru, a world-leading aircraft research team was disbanded because he was the core of the team. If he had not died young, China's modern air force cause would certainly have been brilliant; during World War II, China would have been able to mass-produce its own excellent aircraft to fight with the Japanese army; and China's air supremacy in World War II would have been firmly in its own hands.
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